Author: Richard Nixon Gusango

Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is at it again as he has disregarded the wearing of masks in his country. He says the masks are causing a lot of anxiety hence affecting business in the East African country. As a way of stabilizing the economy, he has further ordered public transport firms to resume and has given the same order to the schools. He has also opened tourist flights, a move that experts say is obstructing the strategies laid by regional health professionals in terms of containing the spread of the virus. His argument is that people’s immunity lowers by…

Jimmy Kirunda, Uganda Crane’s captain in the 1978 AFCON final has passed on aged 70. Mr. Kirunda was a defender and he was part of five of Uganda’s African Nations qualifying campaigns and captained in three of the final tournaments with the most oustanding being the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations held in Ghana, where he guided the Uganda Cranes to the final. He later on became national team manager between 1989 and 1996. There is no scientific cause of death mentioned at the moment but he died after collapsing Hotel La Grande in Bwaise today. Mr Kirunda captained Uganda…

Iganga District Central Market is set to be rehabilated by government. This development comes after various petitions were submitted to Parliament over the issue. Some of the known petitions are those by former Member of Parliament (MP) Hon Olivia Kabaale and another by People Power MP hopeful, Francis Muganga. The market, according to our sources in the district, is currently highly incapacitated and in ‘unhealthy’ conditions for the vendors and the community at large. Announcing to his supporters, Mr Muganga congratulated the entire district and all stakeholders for their efforts towards the rehabilitation of the market. “In the month of…

Uganda has hit the 198 mark of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections after Health officials confirmed 23 more cases yesterday. In a tweet by the Ministry of Health, a total of 1,187 tests were carried out and out of these 851 were truck drivers while 336 were from local communities. “Today, 23rd May, 2020, 23 more COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, the total of confirmed cases are now 198. Of these, 19 were truck drivers who arrived through the Elegu and Busia boarder, while four cases were contacts to previously confirmed truck drivers” the ministry said. The ministry substantiates that the four…

James Mubiru, a People Power MP aspirant for Lubaga North has condemned the actions of city socialite and motor- mouth Frank Gashumba and comments towards Buganda Kingdom Premier Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga. Gashumba, using several channels, attacked Mayiga claiming that he is not worthy to be the Buganda Katikkiro because he is just money minded and fraudulent. The CEO of Sisimuka Uganda, further hit at Mayiga saying that with all the money he collected from etofaali and government, he has still failed to complete the construction of the Masiro (Buganda Royal Tombs). “By the time Mayiga leaves that office, he…

The president of Uganda, HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned a Wargame Centre at the Senior Command and Staff College in Kimaka, Jinja District. The centre, according to Mr Museveni will contribute to a higher quality of training for the Ugandan army and is meant to benefit especially the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Special Forces Command (SFC). The president appreciated the endeavors by the training teams and the Indian Association of Uganda for mobilising funds to build the centre and in nostalgia, praised Mahtma Gandhi’s influence in decolonisation of Africa and Asia which he says has enabled…